Wendy Smith — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management and Faculty Director of the Women's Leadership Initiative at the University of Delaware's Lerner College of Business and Economics
Leading expert in Paradox Thinking and Paradox Theory, focusing on balancing competing forces like exploration and exploitation, and social and financial demands
Author of "Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems" (Harvard Business School Publishing, 2022)
Author of "Oxford Handbook of Organizational Paradox" (Oxford University Press, 2017)
Received the Web of Science Highly Cited Research Award for three consecutive years (2019-2021)

Biography

Wendy K. Smith is the Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management and Faculty Director of the Women's Leadership Initiative at the University of Delaware's Lerner College of Business and Economics. As a leading expert in Paradox Thinking, her work assists leaders and organizations in thriving by embracing competing demands and effectively navigating complexity.